Designing for Office 365 Infrastructure Training Course

Course 109683 days

Course OverviewThis intensive instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and experience to implement Office 365 in a large corporate environment using the FastTrack three-phase delivery process of Pilot, Deploy, and Enhance. The course consists of two distinct parts:

Lecture/Lab. Part One is the training phase of the course and consists of six modules. Each module has an associated paper-based lab that is based on an actual, real-world Office 365 deployment involving a medium-sized enterprise organization. The aim of the scenario is to confirm that students have learned the concepts from the modules.

Case Study. Part Two is the testing phase and consists of a different scenario based on another real-world deployment, this time involving a large enterprise deployment. During the case study, students will work in groups to create a design solution for the organization that is based on the information provided in the scenario and gained from interviewing the instructor, who will role-play the part of the customer. Each group will then present its design to the remainder of the class.

AudienceCourse 10968: Designing for Office 365 Infrastructure is designed for consultants and IT professionals who are responsible for planning and implementing Office 365 in medium to large enterprise environments where there are complex factors within the client's infrastructure that affect the migration process.The Course 10968 student typically:

is an enterprise architect, IT consultant or IT professional that has already planned and implemented Office 365 in a large corporate environment.

has hands-on experience with Office 365

wants to know the design factors behind Microsoft's new FastTrack approach to deploying Office 365 through rapid piloting of Office 365, followed by the Deploy and Enhance phases.

Course OutlineModule 1: The Office 365 Deployment ChallengeThis module reviews the features of Office 365 and identifies recent improvements to the service. You then identify the Office 365 Deployment Challenge and list the benefits of the FastTrack approach compared to the traditional Plan-Prepare-Migrate deployment process. Lessons

Reviewing Office 365

Introducing the FastTrack Deployment Methodology

Getting to the Pilot

Lab : Introducing the FastTrack Deployment Methodology

Question the TAM

Identify the Features and Benefits of Office 365 for the Customer

List Possible Deployment Blockers

Is the SFA Scenario suitable for the FastTrack Approach?

Explain the FastTrack Deployment Methodology to the Customer

Confirm that SFA can move to the Pilot Phase

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Describe the components of the Office 365 service

Identify the differences between the old and the new deployment processes

List the initial requirements that need to be met prior to starting the pilot phase

Module 2: Planning the Pilot PhaseIn this module you learn how to plan the Pilot phase of the FastTrack Deployment process for Office 365. Because the aim of the FastTrack approach is to minimize up-front planning, there is relatively little planning and pre-Pilot scoping to carry out. The content for this phase will use material from the Software Assurance Planning Services (SAPS) Office 365 FastTrack Pilot, which is a three-day engagement delivered over a three-week timescale. Although your engagement may not fall under the SAPS umbrella, there are plenty of useful resources and guidance to help shape your approach to this Pilot phase. Lessons

Overview of the Pilot Phase

Identifying Environmental and Software Prerequisites

Planning for Pilot Users

Planning for Pilot Users

Planning for Team Collaboration

Lab : Planning the Pilot Phase

Initial Pilot Requirements

Confirming Browser, Operating System and Office Versions

Select Pre-Pilot users

Select Pilot users

Plan Mail Connectivity and Social Network Integration

SharePoint Planning

Pilot Design

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Provide an overview of the process and planning factors within the Pilot Phase

Ensure that the customer environment meets the prerequisites for the Pilot

Identify the factors that are important when selecting users to be part of the Pilot

Plan to connect Office 365 to pilot users’ existing email

Plan to provide team collaboration sites in SharePoint Online

Module 3: Planning the Deploy Phase - Part 1In this module, you transition from the Pilot Phase to the Deploy Phase and start creating the design for bringing users into Office 365 permanently. You plan out this migration and identify the design factors that indicate which approach you should take to bring your customer’s organization onto the cloud platform. This module covers the first parts of the Deploy Phase, such as domain and user identity mapping, which form the basis for the additional planning in the next module. Lessons

Overview of the Deploy Phase

Planning Service Selection

Planning Networking and Domains

Planning User Management

Lab : Planning the Deploy Phase (Part 1)

Service Selection

Networking and Domain Planning

Identity Management Planning

Password Synchronization

Active Directory Issues

Troubleshooting DirSync (Optional)

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Explain the process and planning factors within the Deploy Phase

Identify the planning decisions that need to select the correct mix of Office 365 services for the customer

Plan domains for Office 365

Plan how user accounts and identities will be managed

Module 4: Planning the Deploy Phase – Part 2This module covers the second part of Deploy phase, during which you examine the key issues of migrating email accounts to Exchange Online, setting up SharePoint Online and providing the functionality and control that this service requires, introducing Lync Online to the organization, and deploying Office 365 ProPlus so that users can take advantage of the improvements in this new release.After this phase is complete, you can then move on to the Enhance Phase to plan the more advanced configurations of Office 365. Lessons

Planning Email Migration

Planning SharePoint Site Collections and sites

Planning Lync Online

Planning Office 365 ProPlus Deployment

Lab : Planning Office 365 ProPlus Deployment

Fact Finding

Summarizing the Exchange Online Options

Planning Additional Factors for Exchange Online

SharePoint Site Collections Planning

Site Template Planning

Lync Federation Planning

Office 365 ProPlus Deployment

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Plan the migration of user email accounts and mail data to Office 365

Plan the setting up of SharePoint Site Collections and Groups in Office 365

Plan to introduce Lync Online

Plan to deploy Office 365 ProPlus to users

Module 5: Planning the Enhance Phase – Part 1Now that you have completed planning the Deploy Phase, you may find that your customer now has all the facilities they need from Office 365 and does not want to deploy any further functionality. However, it is more likely that the success of the Office 365 Pilot and Deploy phases will lead to calls for greater integration with the cloud-based platform. In particular, the Enhance Phase delivers two key benefits that larger organizations are likely to want, which are single sign-on and hybrid Exchange Server operation. This module covers both these areas.Lessons

Module 6: Planning the Enhance Phase – Part 2In this module, you move on from planning for single sign-on (SSO) and hybrid Exchange Server to plan any further enhancements within the Enhance Phase. These enhancements can include message sanitation for on-premises, hybrid, or cloud-only environments with Exchange Online Protection, customization of the SharePoint Online user experience using a range of tools, and integration of SharePoint Online with on-premises SharePoint Server 2013, using SSO for authentication. Use of these additional facilities will depend on your customers’ requirements; therefore, it is possible that customers may not need these options. However, you do need to consider these areas in your design and identify if there is a requirement for each option. Lessons

Module 7: Case StudyIn this final exercise, you will bring together all the knowledge you have gained from this course to create a design plan for a FastTrack deployment in a challenging customer environment. Within the limitations of the classroom setup, this exercise attempts to replicate the considerations that you might experience with a real-life deployment. Many of the technical points in the scenario are based on live deployments, although the overall scenario is based on a fictitious organization.Each student will be assigned to a group. Each group is required to create and present a design plan for implementing Office 365 at Trey Research by using the FastTrack methodology. This plan should meet the requirements of the customer that are provided in the case study, and by the instructor who will role-play the part of the customer. Each group will then have a total of 30 minutes to present its plan to the class, which should include the three phases of their design. After a group presents its plan, there will then be a critique time of 15 minutes, where the instructor and the other groups will question the group's design decisions. Lab : Case Study

Scenario Information Delivery

Initial Interview with the Customer

Creating the Pilot Phase Design

Second Interview with the Customer

Creating the Deploy Phase Design

Information Gathering for the Enhance Phase

Creating the Enhance Phase Design

Presenting Your Design

After completing this case study, students will be able to:

Test their ability to create and present a complete FastTrack design plan for an organization.